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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Samuel 15 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > 2 Samuel 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/14.htm" title="2 Samuel 14">◄</a> 2 Samuel 15 <a href="../2_samuel/16.htm" title="2 Samuel 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Absalom Plans Rebellion</h3><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.1" class="v10_15_1">1</span>After this, Absalom provided a chariot and horses for himself, and an escort of fifty men. </span><span class="v10_15_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.2" class="v10_15_2">2</span>He would get up early and go and stand by the road at the city gate. Whenever someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. And after the man had told him what tribe he was from, </span><span class="v10_15_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.3" class="v10_15_3">3</span>Absalom would say, “Look, the law is on your side, but there is no representative of the king to hear your case.” </span><span class="v10_15_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.4" class="v10_15_4">4</span>And he would add, “How I wish I were a judge! Then anyone who had a dispute or a claim could come to me, and I would give him justice.” </span><span class="v10_15_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.5" class="v10_15_5">5</span>When the man would approach Absalom to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out, take hold of him, and kiss him. </span><span class="v10_15_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.6" class="v10_15_6">6</span>Absalom did this with every Israelite who came to the king for judgment, and so he won their loyalty.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.7" class="v10_15_7">7</span>After four<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.15.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> years Absalom said to King David, “Sir, let me go to Hebron and keep a promise I made to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v10_15_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.8" class="v10_15_8">8</span>While I was living in Geshur in Syria, I promised the <span class="nd">Lord</span> that if he would take me back to Jerusalem, I would worship him in Hebron.”<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.15.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.9" class="v10_15_9">9</span>“Go in peace,” the king said. So Absalom went to Hebron. </span><span class="v10_15_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.10" class="v10_15_10">10</span>But he sent messengers to all the tribes of Israel to say, “When you hear the sound of trumpets, shout, ‘Absalom has become king at Hebron!’” </span><span class="v10_15_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.11" class="v10_15_11">11</span>There were two hundred men who at Absalom's invitation had gone from Jerusalem with him; they knew nothing of the plot and went in all good faith. </span><span class="v10_15_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.12" class="v10_15_12">12</span>And while he was offering sacrifices, Absalom also sent to the town of Gilo for Ahithophel, who was one of King David's advisers. The plot against the king gained strength, and Absalom's followers grew in number.</span></p><h3 class="s">David Flees from Jerusalem</h3><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.13" class="v10_15_13">13</span>A messenger reported to David, “The Israelites are pledging their loyalty to Absalom.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.14" class="v10_15_14">14</span>So David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “We must get away at once if we want to escape from Absalom! Hurry! Or else he will soon be here and defeat us and kill everyone in the city!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.15" class="v10_15_15">15</span>“Yes, Your Majesty,” they answered. “We are ready to do whatever you say.” </span><span class="v10_15_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.16" class="v10_15_16">16</span>So the king left, accompanied by all his family and officials, except for ten concubines, whom he left behind to take care of the palace.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.17" class="v10_15_17">17</span>As the king and all his men were leaving the city, they stopped at the last house. </span><span class="v10_15_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.18" class="v10_15_18">18</span>All his officials stood<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.15.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> next to him as the royal bodyguards passed by in front of him. The six hundred soldiers who had followed him from Gath also passed by, </span><span class="v10_15_19"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.19" class="v10_15_19">19</span>and the king said to Ittai, their leader, “Why are you going with us? Go back and stay with the new king. You are a foreigner, a refugee away from your own country. </span><span class="v10_15_20"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.20" class="v10_15_20">20</span>You have lived here only a short time, so why should I make you wander around with me? I don't even know where I'm going. Go back and take all your people with you—and may the <span class="nd">Lord</span> be kind and faithful to you.”<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.15.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_21"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.21" class="v10_15_21">21</span>But Ittai answered, “Your Majesty, I swear to you in the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s name that I will always go with you wherever you go, even if it means death.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_22"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.22" class="v10_15_22">22</span>“Fine!” David answered. “March on!” So Ittai went on with all his men and their dependents. </span><span class="v10_15_23"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.23" class="v10_15_23">23</span>The people cried loudly as David's followers left. The king crossed Kidron Brook, followed by his men, and together they went out toward the wilderness.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_24"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.24" class="v10_15_24">24</span>Zadok the priest was there, and with him were the Levites, carrying the sacred Covenant Box. They set it down<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.15.24!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and didn't pick it up again until all the people had left the city. The priest Abiathar was there too.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.15.24!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v10_15_25"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.25" class="v10_15_25">25</span>Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the Covenant Box back to the city. If the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is pleased with me, some day he will let me come back to see it and the place where it stays. </span><span class="v10_15_26"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.26" class="v10_15_26">26</span>But if he isn't pleased with me—well, then, let him do to me what he wishes.” </span><span class="v10_15_27"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.27" class="v10_15_27">27</span>And he went on to say to Zadok, “Look,<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.15.27!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> take your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan and go back to the city in peace. </span><span class="v10_15_28"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.28" class="v10_15_28">28</span>Meanwhile, I will wait at the river crossings in the wilderness until I receive news from you.” </span><span class="v10_15_29"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.29" class="v10_15_29">29</span>So Zadok and Abiathar took the Covenant Box back into Jerusalem and stayed there.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_30"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.30" class="v10_15_30">30</span>David went on up the Mount of Olives crying; he was barefoot and had his head covered as a sign of grief. All who followed him covered their heads and cried also. </span><span class="v10_15_31"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.31" class="v10_15_31">31</span>When David was told<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.15.31!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> that Ahithophel had joined Absalom's rebellion, he prayed, “Please, <span class="nd">Lord</span>, turn Ahithophel's advice into nonsense!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_32"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.32" class="v10_15_32">32</span>When David reached the top of the hill, where there was a place of worship, his trusted friend Hushai the Archite met him with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head. </span><span class="v10_15_33"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.33" class="v10_15_33">33</span>David said to him, “You will be of no help to me if you come with me, </span><span class="v10_15_34"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.34" class="v10_15_34">34</span>but you can help me by returning to the city and telling Absalom that you will now serve him as faithfully as you served his father. And do all you can to oppose any advice that Ahithophel gives. </span><span class="v10_15_35"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.35" class="v10_15_35">35</span>The priests Zadok and Abiathar will be there; tell them everything you hear in the king's palace. </span><span class="v10_15_36"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.36" class="v10_15_36">36</span>They have their sons Ahimaaz and Jonathan with them, and you can send them to me with all the information you gather.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_15_37"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.15.37" class="v10_15_37">37</span>So Hushai, David's friend, returned to the city just as Absalom was arriving.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.7: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">four; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">forty.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.8: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">in Hebron; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew does not have these words.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.18: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">stood; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">passed.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.20: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and may the <char style="nd">Lord</char> be kind and faithful to you; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">kindness and faithfulness.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.24: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">set it down; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">poured it out.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.24: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">was there too; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">went up.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.27: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Look; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Are you the seer?</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">15.31: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">was told; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">told.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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